This document discusses the three main modes of heat transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation.
Conduction occurs through direct contact within solids and liquids at rest, transferring energy from high to low temperature particles. Convection involves fluid motion, either forced or natural, transferring energy between a surface and fluid with different temperatures. Radiation transfers energy through electromagnetic waves in a vacuum or medium.
It provides the Fourier law of heat conduction and discusses heat transfer by conduction in a slab. It also explains Newton's law of cooling for convection and the Stefan-Boltzmann law for radiation heat transfer between black surfaces. The document lists common materials and their thermal conductivities and concludes with details about a heat transfer textbook